A Faded Letter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDEEFF A GGHIJJFF A KKLLMMFF| I | A |
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| O what memories sweet entwine | B |
| Around each word and faded line | B |
| Yellow and dim with the touch of years | C |
| And soiled with the marks of tears | D |
| A sacred treasure of the heart | E |
| Which death alone can from him part | E |
| A letter cherished as no other | F |
| And ending with the name of Mother | F |
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| II | A |
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| Writ it was to a wayward boy | G |
| When life to him seemed full of joy | G |
| Pleading with him so to live | H |
| That he her heart no grief would give | I |
| That after years might ne'er be fraught | J |
| With sorrow that himself had wrought | J |
| May guardian angels 'round you hover | F |
| She wrote and signed the name of Mother | F |
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| III | A |
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| The paper has the taint of must | K |
| The hand that traced the lines is dust | K |
| And silvery hair is on the head | L |
| Of that same boy since first he read | L |
| This missive from the sainted one | M |
| That bore her love to an erring son | M |
| More fondly prized than any other | F |
| 'Twas written by the hand of Mother | F |
George W. Doneghy
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